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The rabbit hole of wrongful convictions goes deep but long story short there are a number of reasons, most of which is "tunnel vision", that is when a prosecuto
by _fat_santa 4y ago
The rabbit hole of wrongful convictions goes deep but long story short there are a number of reasons, most of which is "tunnel vision", that is when a prosecutor or detective gets a lead, they will often ignore other evidence in favor of that lead. It's less about dirty prosecutors and more about how psychology and our brains work. I would highly suggest listening to a couple of episodes of Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom[1] and check out the Innocence Project[2], both are fantastic for getting into the world of wrongful convictions.
[1]: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wrongful-conviction/id1151670380 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wrongful-conviction/id...
[2]: https://innocenceproject.org https://innocenceproject.org
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoThat's ignoring a lot of evidence we have of police officers planting fake evidence. See for example https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/josh-tepfer-mass-exonerations-wrongfully-convicted https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/josh-tepf... where about 300 people in Chicago alone have been exonerated due to cops faking evidence.
- lazyasciiart 4y agoDo those intrinsically include dirty prosecutors though?
- jonny_eh 4y agoPolice are not prosecutors.
- tunesmith 4y agoThe well-known version that seems susceptible is "Well, when a girlfriend gets murdered, it's the boyfriend x% of the time, so we should focus on the boyfriend." That's a great way to increase the value of x over time.